Sunrise and Sunset in Johannesburg, 2026
Day length at Johannesburg runs from 10 h 29 min at the winter solstice to 13 h 47 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Johannesburg: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 5:53 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 6:06 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 6:01 PM, 86° E
- MS Moonset 5:28 AM, 271° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:30 AM to 5:39 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:39 AM to 6:24 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:35 PM to 6:20 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:20 PM to 6:29 PM
Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below, the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon.
Day length through the year
- Day length
Month by month
Each month links to a day-by-day table with twilight, golden hour and the moon.
| Month | Sunrise, 1st | Sunset, 1st | Day, 1st | Sunrise, 15th | Sunset, 15th | Day, 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5:19 AM | 7:04 PM | 13 h 45 min | 5:29 AM | 7:05 PM | 13 h 36 min |
| February | 5:43 AM | 7:00 PM | 13 h 17 min | 5:53 AM | 6:51 PM | 12 h 58 min |
| March | 6:01 AM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 38 min | 6:09 AM | 6:24 PM | 12 h 15 min |
| April | 6:17 AM | 6:06 PM | 11 h 49 min | 6:24 AM | 5:52 PM | 11 h 28 min |
| May | 6:32 AM | 5:38 PM | 11 h 06 min | 6:39 AM | 5:29 PM | 10 h 50 min |
| June | 6:48 AM | 5:24 PM | 10 h 36 min | 6:53 AM | 5:24 PM | 10 h 31 min |
| July | 6:56 AM | 5:27 PM | 10 h 31 min | 6:55 AM | 5:33 PM | 10 h 38 min |
| August | 6:47 AM | 5:42 PM | 10 h 55 min | 6:37 AM | 5:48 PM | 11 h 11 min |
| September | 6:21 AM | 5:55 PM | 11 h 34 min | 6:05 AM | 6:01 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| October | 5:48 AM | 6:08 PM | 12 h 20 min | 5:33 AM | 6:15 PM | 12 h 42 min |
| November | 5:18 AM | 6:25 PM | 13 h 07 min | 5:11 AM | 6:35 PM | 13 h 24 min |
| December | 5:07 AM | 6:47 PM | 13 h 40 min | 5:10 AM | 6:56 PM | 13 h 46 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Johannesburg's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 3, April 2, May 1, May 31, June 30, July 29, August 28, September 26, October 26, November 24, December 24
- New moons
- January 18, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 16, June 15, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Johannesburg for the next twelve months as a calendar you subscribe to: each morning runs from first light to sunrise, each evening from sunset to last light, shown as free time. It keeps itself a year ahead.
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Sources
Computed with the NOAA solar position equations (accurate to about a minute; the horizon is assumed flat and at sea level) and the lunar phase method of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms.